The PACJA 'Trans African Climate Caravan of Hope'. Photo: James Akena, PACJA.
The Caravan of Hope is a awareness-raising campaign organised by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in the lead up to COP17, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Durban, South Africa. PACJA is made up of a network of communities, faith-based organisations, youth movements, journalists and many other civil society groups, including ActionAid, who all have a common goal of highlighting the challenges that climate change poses to Africa.
The Caravan of Hope will be driving 10,000km from Burundi to Durban, passing through 10 different countries throughout the journey. Their aim is to bring the story of African society to COP17, highlighting the everyday challenges being faced and calling for a serious legally binding commitment to an international climate change treaty. Its time world leaders acknolwedged that while Africa is the least polluting continent, it is also the continent which is suffering the most from our changing climate.
Two of ActionAid's Activista bloggers have joined the Caravan of Hope on their journey to blog and tweet about all the news from the road. You can follow the Caravan of Hope's journey with ActionAid's interactive map.
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